Georgia State falls to N.C. State 41-7

RALEIGH, N.C. — Ryan Finley threw two touchdown passes, and North Carolina State routed Georgia State 41-7 on Saturday.

Finley was 31 of 38 for 370 yards with a 5-yard touchdownpass to Thayer Thomas and a 1-yard score to Trent Pennix. His yardage total was the second-best of his career, behind only his 415yard performance against South Carolina in last year’s opener.

“It’s a great performance by him,” N.C. State coach Dave Doeren said. “But if you know Ryan, you know he wants other people to get credit. ... And I love that about him.”

Reggie Gallaspy II had a short scoring run, Brady Bodine (39 yards) and Matthew McKay (2 yards) added late TDs and Christopher Dunn kicked two fifield goals. The Wolfpack (2-0) scored on their fifirst three possessions, scored the game’s fifinal 41 points, rolled up 541 total yards and won their 12th straight home nonconfer- ence game.

Thomas, a redshirt freshman and former walk-on, fifinished with nine catches for 114 yards in his fifirst start at slot receiver in place of Jakobi Meyers — who led the team in receiving last week but was held out with an ankle injury. Kelvin Harmon had eight receptions for 129yards while Stephen Louis, out last week with a tight hamstring, was injured early in the fourth quarter after taking a shot to the helmet while being tackled.

Dan Ellington was 15 of 28 for 194 yards, and Destin Coates had an 8-yard touchdown run that gave the Panthers (1-1) a 7-0 lead.

“We’ve got to convert and score,” coach Shawn Elliott said of a team that missed two fifield goals and failed on a trick play on a fourth-and-1. “We’ve got to put them in the end zone. We’ve got to put points on the board.”